Program provides free meals to children during summer

4:46 PM,
Jun. 24, 2012

Bridget Constantine, far left, Feed the Kids program director assistant for The Salvation Army, hands lunch to students, including Isabella Bellis, from the Salvation Army truck outside Jefferson Elementary School in Manitowoc on Wednesday. The Salvation Army provides free lunches to children at three locations in Manitowoc and one in Two Rivers through the Summer Food Service Program.

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Cindy Hodgson
Herald Times Reporter

Many students in the Lakeshore area are receiving free meals even though school is out for the summer, thanks to the federally funded Summer Food Service Program.

The Salvation Army has been a provider through the program since 2003, according to program director Jonathan Tamayo. Calling it "Feed the Kids," The Salvation Army is offering lunch Monday through Friday at Jefferson and Franklin elementary schools in Manitowoc, Koenig Elementary School in Two Rivers and Southfield Townhouses in Manitowoc.

And this year, for the first time, the Manitowoc Public School District is ...